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GATE 2016 CS Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs- Slot 1 (February 6- Forenoon Session)

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GATE 2016 Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) Slot 1 Question Paper and Answer key PDF is available to download. GATE 2016 CS paper was conducted by IISc, Bangalore on February 6, 2016 in the Forenoon Session (9:00 AM to 12:00 PM). The overall difficulty level of the exam stood at modest to difficult. General Aptitude had a weightage of 10% of the overall marks and was easy to attempt.

GATE 2016 CS Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs- Slot 1 (February 6- Forenoon Session)

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GATE 2016 Computer Science (CS)- Slot 1 Question Paper Analysis

  • This year, the conducting body (IISc, Bangalore) introduced two sections, that is, multiple-choice questions (MCQ) and numerical answer type (NAT). The questions were for 1- mark and 2 marks accordingly.
  • The question paper consisted of 65 questions for overall 100 marks. 10 of the 65 Questions were related to General Aptitude.
  • There NAT questions hold zero marks for wrong answers.
  • Only wrong attempted questions (MCQs) would carry negative marking of 0.33 or 0.66 for 1- mark question and 2 marks question respectively.
  • GATE 2016 CS cut-off stood at 25 for General, 22.5 for OBC, 16.6 for SC/ST/PWD out of 100.
Type of Questions General Aptitude Core Discipline
Number of Questions Marks Number of Questions Marks
No. of 1-mark MCQs 5 1 - -
No. of 2 marks MCQs 5 2 - -
No. of 1-mark NATs - - 25 1
No. of 2 marks NATs - - 30 2

GATE Previous Year Question Paper

Sloving previous year’s GATE Computer Science Question Paper is important since it gives an idea of the expected questions and pattern of GATE exam. GATE Previous Year Papers links with answer key PDFs are assisted below:

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